Transient natural convection in a vertical microchannel heated at uniform heat flux

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-47

  Buonomo, Bernardo ^a   Manca, Oronzio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microchannels; Natural convection; Thermal developing flow; Transient

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING FLOW; FIRST-ORDER MODELS; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; MASS FLOW RATE; MICRO-FLOW; MICRO-SCALES; MINIATURIZATION OF DEVICES; NEW APPLICATIONS; PARALLEL PLATES; RAPID EXPANSION; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SLIP VELOCITY; TRANSIENT NATURAL CONVECTION; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL MICROCHANNEL; WALL HEAT FLUX; WALL TEMPERATURES;

MICROCHANNELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; THERMAL EXPANSION; TRANSIENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84858294098     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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